Hello everybody from Spain! After 24 hours of traveling I made it safely to Madrid. I was really tired,and jet lagged (and still am). The flight was good, except for from New Jersey to Madrid. We were over 2 hrs late in everything and i got to spend those extra 2 hrs on the runway with a cologne drenched Russian guy named Boris who kept his oversized briefcase in the floor and his legs spread out into my precious space.
After finally getting my suitcases I was enthusiastically met by my old roomie from Granada, Alicia. We took the Metro to her house, chatting and lugging my oversized bags all the way. I gave her her presents which she loved, and we took a 3hr nap, which was nice at the time, but I paid for it later. After the siesta, we got ready, ate some lunch (around 5pm) and then her boyfriend Jorge came home and we went out on the town. We went to the gay neighborhood in Madrid, looked around at shops and walked towards Puerto de Sol. Then we ate in a bar, and I was treated to tapas, a huge plate of meat, and a plate of fried eggs and potatoes. It was a delicious reentry to Spanish food. Then we were all exhausted and came home and went to bed. I woke up at 3am (6pm in CA) and couldnt fall back asleep till sometime after 7am... :( no fun.
Then in the morning I got ready with Alicia, who is a flight attendant and we went to the Metro together. She had to go to work and I went to the bus station and took a bus to Valladolid to visit Carlos and family. Carlos picked me up at the bus station and we came home in taxi and ate a late lunch and talked. Then we watched TV and tried to fight off a siesta till aobut 8:30. Jesús told me that siestas are highly reccommended in Castilla-León and mandatory by law in Andalucía, but he understood my jet-lag issue. Then we showered and went out around 10 to meet with some friends. I was out till 1 then came home and slept, exhausted. Now I woke up, (too early for my liking) and I wrote it all down for you. Today we have a few things planned and tomorrow I plan to go down to Granada. Thanks for the emails, I miss you all already! Love, Rachel
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It's so great that you have so many friends there you can visit! I hope you make a steady recovery from your jet lag!
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sleep well.
nyquil works like a charm.
in spain its probably called corozon sueno.
glad to hear you made it safely. go see football games in barca.
Cool. what i really said was, "Yeah! you made it...good to see you are enjoying yourself! mucho love-o
sorry not barca...
real madrid. sergio ramos es muy bueno.
MMMm jet lag. Last night was the first time I didn´t wake up in the middle of the night. I felt so victorious this morning! Hope the trip goes well today!
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